The next day, ANBU headquarters.
"Captain... why haven't you arrived yet?"
In the team room where Yuhara and others were, Kizuna asked this question.
The gathering time has come, but their team leader Gojo has not arrived yet, which seems a bit abnormal.
Yuhara yawned and said intentionally or unintentionally, "Who knows, something might go wrong. Maybe we will have to change the captain next."
At this time, Yuhara had put on another mask on his face, looking like a normal person. He didn't sleep all night last night, and he was already starting to feel sleepy. Fortunately, the team didn't have a guard duty today, so he could rest for a while.
In fact, even if the team originally had a mission, it should be canceled now. After all, the team leader is gone and the team is no longer sound.
In yesterday's incident, these two ANBU ninjas did not have any important responsibilities. They were just novices who were deceived. However, whether or not they need to be informed about this matter is a matter for the higher authorities to decide. Yuhara cannot make irresponsible remarks.
Keeping your mouth shut is the way of survival for ANBU ninjas.
The ANBU should not be able to care about setting up a new captain with Yuhara and the others for the time being. Because of the trouble caused by some people, the internal atmosphere of Konoha has become a little tense at this time.
A certain person from a certain group is looking for trouble.
From the perspective of "Imperial Studies", many rulers like to use Cruel Officials to do dirty work, and then kill Cruel Officials to stabilize people's hearts after the work is done. The ruler himself is a spotless white lotus from beginning to end, and at most he is deceived by evil villains.
In the case of Konoha, Shimura Danzō is simply a perfect target. After some bad things are done, just "kill them to thank the world".
It's a pity that Third Hokage can't use this set of templates, or he can't control Shimura Danzō at all.
In fact, the "roots" at this time are already too big to fall off.
The follow-up of the "Uchiha kidnapping incident" is unknown to grassroots Anbu people like Yuhara. The only thing worth noting is that in the following days, the Anbu's daily tasks included surveillance of the Uchiha Clan.
As for what Yuhara gained after this incident, needless to say, it came from Fourth Hokage's trust bonus points. In addition, he also received a reward equivalent to the remuneration for an A-level mission.
In addition, considering Yuhara's strength and performance at this time, Fourth Hokage even considered letting him fill the vacancy left by Gojo and directly become an ANBU team leader. However, because Yuhara has just become an ANBU ninja, such a promotion is not reasonable.
This matter can only be given up.
To be honest, no matter how good-tempered Fourth Hokage is, his impression of Shimura Danzō will become very bad after experiencing this kind of thing. Taking advantage of the new leader's unstable position, he instigated his subordinates to cause trouble. To be honest, even if Fourth Hokage issues an order to assassinate Danzo now, it is completely normal and reasonable.
Unfortunately, Fourth Hokage will not issue such an order.
In short, as an outsider ninja, Yuhara's development during this period of time in Konoha can be said to be smooth. Although he is still far away from directly targeting the ninja clan, there is nothing he can do about it... status can only be gained bit by bit, and there is no way to suddenly rise to a high position.
I don't know why, Yuhara occasionally has the illusion that he is performing the mission of "Sima Dai Cao". Well, this must be an illusion. He is not the kind of deep-minded and insidious person, and the cause he intends to do is inherently positive and full of justice.
That is a career that needs to be achieved step by step.
It is relatively difficult for Chunin to achieve something in ANBU, so Yuhara's next goal is to become a jounin. However, compared to Chunin Ninja Exams, there is no jounin exam. It's not that easy, because some of Yuhara's indicators and qualities are not up to the jounin level. The more typical ones are his Taijutsu's shortcomings, and he's not very good at ordinary Dotonjutsu either.
Since he is extremely aware of his shortcomings, Yuhara must find ways to make up for it.
To sum up briefly, we can find that Yuhara faces three issues next. The first is to improve the ability of Taijutsu, the second is to practice the new Chakra Nature Transformation, and the third is to find a way to learn the new Dotonjutsu in earth, wind and thunder.
In addition, Yuhara also needs to find a way to contact Orochimaru, and obtain all the detailed research results of Orochimaru Living Corpse Reincarnation without using himself as bait... Although he knows that the chance is slim, Yuhara still wants to try his best to save his original teammates.
Living Corpse Reincarnation is Orochimaru's technique after all, so it's best for Yuhara to get his help in this matter.
The question is what kind of information should we have to trade with Orochimaru? Yuhara needs to think about it carefully.
After fishing all day, Yuhara got off work on time.
Then, on his way back to the hotel, he was stopped again.
"Can't you show up in another place or in another way?"
Yuhara complained like a tired reader.
The ninja with the mask on his face was naturally indifferent to such complaints. He said calmly to Yuhara, "Follow me, there is an adult who wants to see you."
Yuhara's left hand naturally drooped, the five finger joints were slightly bent and held empty, and a ball of mercury appeared in his palm.
His tone was far colder than the other person's.
"Tell me clearly your identity and origin, who the big shot is... What matters most is your attitude. For a person with unknown origins like you, if I kill you directly here, there will probably be no problem."
Are you kidding, if you ask Yuhara to follow him, he will follow?
Who does this masked man think he is? Can he be 50-50 open with everyone? So open that people can recognize him as a disciple of Fourth Hokage at a glance?
Seeing that Yuhara really wanted to take action, the ninja could only continue, "Shimura Danzō, the leader of Gen, wants to meet you. For talents like you, please be sure to join Root Organization."
You can guess it.
When this person appeared, Yuhara was somewhat aware of the other party's identity, but he still had to lament that Konoha's intelligence system was really a sieve for Danzo, and what Yuhara had done had been exposed.
It's just...
So what? Yuhara is an ANBU ninja.
He shook his head slowly and said, "Master Shimura Danzō, I don't think you have any professional HR."
Master Shimura Danzō, are you the leader of Konoha? Are you stronger than the third generation or Fourth Hokage? Do you have more subordinates? Do you give better treatment? Does your organization have more development prospects? Do you have higher popularity than the third generation or Fourth Hokage?
The answer to all these questions is no.
So this still makes people join the "root"? Danzo Master... are you cerebral palsy?
Shimura Danzō feels good about himself, but in fact he can't compare to Third Hokage in terms of strength and conduct. Most ninjas have to follow Danzo because they have no other choice. Yuhara is a man of choice. He has already joined ANBU.
Fortunately, Yuhara is a kind-hearted person, and he will not say these words directly. From this perspective, Shimura Danzō is a very sad person, so unlike some people who like to accuse him of being sinister and ruthless, Yuhara only feels sorry for Guo Guo.
" Lord Danzo is a good man, so for your invitation...
I choose to refuse."
Yuhara chose to be the subordinate of Danzo? Think about how his most effective subordinate died later. Third Hokage Fourth Hokage, at least they were all people who laid down their lives for their subordinates and companions. What about Danzo?
Saying the words of rejection, Yuhara's left fingers began to tighten, so...
The mercury ball suspended in his palm began to tremble violently.
PS:
Regarding the setting of the timeline, everyone who knows the original comics knows that there is no chronology in the world of Hokage, so since writing the fanfic, I have calculated based on the time when Naruto debuted in 60 years (I vaguely remember that the third generation said that Konoha was established 60 years ago), and when Fourth Hokage died in 48 years.
The formula book mentions that Fourth Shinobi World War ended in 1967. If calculated this way, Fourth Hokage died in 1951, which is 3 years behind my algorithm. But I don't know what the original basis of the formula book is.
So as long as you understand this gap, you won't change whether your personal age calculation is right or wrong... just use the lunar calendar that I use.
To be honest, I really don't like to explain this kind of problem, because the original work is particularly imprecise in some places, and it doesn't make much sense to dig into the details.